The Bil Keane family has generously donated $50,000 to support the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum facility (formerly the Cartoon Research Library). With the matching grant from Jean Shulz, the total impact of the donation will be $100,000. Bil is the creator of The Family Circus. His son Jeff Keane assists his father […]
The Washington Post computer security blog is reporting that readers of the Timesunion.com Comics Kingdom section was compromised by hackers who injected code that prompted readers to download malicious software. The exploit was a newly discovered security flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The Comics Kingdom is King Features’ online revenue sharing comic product for […]
Editorial cartoonist Tim Quinn was found dead Saturday. Tim has been the editorial cartoonist for the Sequim Gazette (WA) since 1984 and established himself as a multi-faceted artist working in chain saw carvings, stained glass, painting and drawing. Police do not suspect foul play, but natural causes. An autopsy will still be performed. Tim was […]
Wednesday’s Pearls Before Swine was the culmination of a story-line regarding Rat’s protest that the Ziggy character never wears pants. Pearls creator Stephan Pastis writes on his blog that he had a telephone conversation with Ziggy cartoonist Tom Wilson explaining the story-line and asking if on December 16, if Ziggy could wear pants to coincide […]
The International Society of Caricature Artists polled their members to come up with their top 10 most interesting faces to caricature in 2009. The list includes: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rod Blagojevich, Susan Boyle, Michael Jackson, Kim Jong Il, Bernard Madoff, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Herman Van Rompuy, and Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. Visit their website to find […]
Fort Knox cartoonist Paul Jon has created five special pieces of line art for a USO coloring contest for kids. The art features Fort Knox characters, Major Joe Knox, his wife, Jane, and their two boys, Donald and Wesley, as well as typical scenes of USO events for kids. The top entries will be featured […]
Based on what I see in the trailer, this is going to be a must see.
Joe Strupp, writing in Editor & Publisher look at how the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and National Cartoonists Society (NCS) are holding up in this struggling economy with membership numbers and conference attendance.Rex Babin, president of the AAEC talks about membership in his organization: “We are not solely a newspaper editorial cartoonists group,” […]
USA Today has photos, video and interview with the director of the production of the live action Marmaduke movie. Director Tom Dey: “We’ve approached the movie like a John Hughes movie with dogs,” Dey says. “The dog park is like high school for dogs. To make this kind of movie, you really have to understand […]
Comic history» Allan Holtz looks at the cartoonists of the former DBR Media syndicate.Comic Strips» Richard Thompson reminisces on his first meeting with Wizard of Id co-creator Brant Parker.Humor» The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story about how Cal Grondahl broken open the stoic, stuff culture of Mormonism with his cartoon collection book “Freeway to […]
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher since 2002 writes of receiving the news of the publication’s closing and the outpouring of attention the announcement has received. He also hints that there is a small chance the publication will continue in some form. In any case, the outpouring of support â?? staggering, really â?? has […]
The deadline for the National Newspaper Award has been announced: January 11, 2010. The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists websites notes that the required number of cartoons increased to five editorial cartoons instead of the “up to three” in previous years.
Last week I mentioned that an online exhibit of Beethoven’s work that has been featured in Charles Schulz’ Peanuts was going to launch and today, Beethoven’s birthday, the site is now live. The exhibit features 60 or so Peanuts cartoons where Schroeder is playing Beethoven and the musical notes above the piano are actual music […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced the deadline for the Jay Kennedy Scholarship for the best college cartoonist. Students in North America (Mexico, U.S., Canada) are eligible. Entries and samples must be postmarked by February 6, 2010. The winner is treated to the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend. Visit the NCSF website […]
Gotta admit, the special effects look incredible. There’s even a flash of a scene that looks like things got out of hand with mops and buckets of water like in Mickey’s episode in Fantasia. The one thing that has me wondering if I’ll see it: Nicholas Cage.